Shopping can sometimes make you feel guilty. A little voice says... "You spend too much.""You're buying 'unnecessary' items'"You're buying items that take a lot of energy to produce."

Let me set your mind at ease.

Buying vintage is most often less expensive than retail.When you shop vintage you are adding to the "artistry" and "quality" of your life. (there's nothing unnecessary about that.)Vintage items are already produced and on the market. You're shopping GREEN!

This is the conversation I had with a customer of mine who lives in Belgium...He purchased this awesome Pirate from my shop Vintage Home Shop on Etsy. Our conversation went on for a couple weeks...it was so much fun that I had to share it.It was the most fun transaction I have ever had...ENJOY!

Is it a love of travel, or a love of the undiscovered? Whichever it is we love maps.There will be a generation that has never opened, or more importantly, refolded a map.I suppose maps will now be considered quaint.This is the oldest I have ever had in my shop, from the 1790's. A French political map of Great Britian